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OATES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States writer (born in 1938)
Synonyms:
Joyce Carol Oates; Oates
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 2
Meaning:
English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
Synonyms:
Oates; Titus Oates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
coconspirator; conspirator; machinator; plotter (a member of a conspiracy)
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